I just got a Schiit Jotunheim 2 using their Universal DAC option in the sound menu.
I haven’t tried a new kernel (current: 5.10 LTS), but I wouldn’t think that a DAC like this would be “cutting edge” in any way, and in any case, the original Jotunheim was released years ago.
I don’t have any other sound server (Just ALSA and Pulse), and have since reverted to using my Schiit Modi / Magni stack for audio since plugging in the USB-C for the Jotunheim causes insta sound system failure and general KDE system instability.
sarah@MidnightStarSign:~$ inxi -A
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
Device-2: AMD Oland/Hainan/Cape Verde/Pitcairn HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 7000
Series]
driver: snd_hda_intel
Device-3: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
Device-4: JMTek LLC. Plugable USB Audio Device type: USB
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
Device-5: ASUSTek ASUS AI Noise-Cancelling Mic Adapter type: USB
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
Device-6: Schiit Audio Schiit Modi 3+ type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio
Device-7: Microdia USB 2.0 Camera type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.70-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Here was a part of the error when I plugged in the USB-C into the Jotunheim 2 (pulseaudio -k and systemctl --user restart pulse* don’t work either):
(^Pretty sure those are supposed to be mutually exclusion lol)
The problem disappears and my Modi / Magni stack works just fine with no adjustment after a system restart, but every time I try plugging in the USB-C into Jotunheim, the entire sound system goes out the window. The audio subpanel won’t even load after that. If I try adjusting the sound via keyboard, the rest of the system lags like crazy until freezing.
Why is this happening, and how can I solve it?
Full hardware:
System:
Kernel: 5.10.70-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64
root=UUID=6ce26050-4dcc-47b7-a937-45467d8b8d61 rw rootflags=subvol=@
radeon.modeset=1 nvdia-drm.modeset=1 quiet
cryptdevice=UUID=466d5812-64c7-4a28-bcc4-a1a5adfa9450:luks-466d5812-64c7-4a28-bcc4-a1a5adfa9450
root=/dev/mapper/luks-466d5812-64c7-4a28-bcc4-a1a5adfa9450 apparmor=1
security=apparmor
resume=/dev/mapper/luks-81b2dc57-06f5-4471-b484-77c3a516f307
udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.22.5 tk: Qt 5.15.2 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME X570-PRO v: Rev X.0x
serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 3001 date: 12/04/2020
Battery:
Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
RAM: total: 62.78 GiB used: 15.11 GiB (24.1%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: 16-Core model: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3
family: 19 (25) model-id: 21 (33) stepping: 0 microcode: A201009 cache:
L2: 8 MiB bogomips: 217722
Speed: 2874 MHz min/max: 2200/3400 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz):
1: 2874 2: 2363 3: 3298 4: 3460 5: 4011 6: 3080 7: 4320 8: 3103 9: 2856
10: 2371 11: 2464 12: 2472 13: 2572 14: 2847 15: 2467 16: 2484 17: 2492
18: 3178 19: 3158 20: 3456 21: 3043 22: 3814 23: 3119 24: 2647 25: 3658
26: 3182 27: 2411 28: 2436 29: 2646 30: 2815 31: 3102 32: 3423
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
bmi2 bpext cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp_legacy
constant_tsc cpb cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total cqm_occup_llc
cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists erms extapic extd_apicid f16c
flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fsrm fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb ibrs ibs
invpcid irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm mba mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor
movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx ospke osvw
overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core
perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pku pni popcnt pse pse36 rdpid rdpru
rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sep sha_ni skinit smap smca smep ssbd
sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 stibp succor svm svm_lock syscall tce
topoext tsc tsc_scale umip v_vmsave_vmload vaes vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall
vpclmulqdq wbnoinvd wdt xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt xsaves
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
STIBP: always-on, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 [GeForce RTX 3070] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia
v: 470.63.01 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 0a:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:2484 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: AMD Cape Verde PRO [Radeon HD 7750/8740 / R7 250E]
vendor: VISIONTEK driver: radeon v: kernel alternate: amdgpu bus-ID: 0b:00.0
chip-ID: 1002:683f class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Microdia USB 2.0 Camera type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
bus-ID: 7-2:2 chip-ID: 0c45:6367 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 compositor: kwin_x11 driver:
loaded: modesetting,nvidia display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 5760x2160 s-dpi: 80 s-size: 1829x686mm (72.0x27.0")
s-diag: 1953mm (76.9")
Monitor-1: DP-1 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 93 size: 527x296mm (20.7x11.7")
diag: 604mm (23.8")
Monitor-2: HDMI-0 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 93 size: 527x296mm (20.7x11.7")
diag: 604mm (23.8")
Monitor-3: DP-3 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 82 size: 598x336mm (23.5x13.2")
diag: 686mm (27")
Monitor-4: DP-4 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 82 size: 598x336mm (23.5x13.2")
diag: 686mm (27")
Monitor-5: DP-1-3 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 93 size: 527x296mm (20.7x11.7")
diag: 604mm (23.8")
Monitor-6: DP-1-4 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 82 size: 598x336mm (23.5x13.2")
diag: 686mm (27")
OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070/PCIe/SSE2
v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 470.63.01 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 0a:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228b
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Oland/Hainan/Cape Verde/Pitcairn HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 7000
Series]
vendor: VISIONTEK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 0b:00.1
chip-ID: 1002:aab0 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 0d:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487
class-ID: 0403
Device-4: JMTek LLC. Plugable USB Audio Device type: USB
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 3-1:2 chip-ID: 0c76:120b
class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
Device-5: ASUSTek ASUS AI Noise-Cancelling Mic Adapter type: USB
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 5-5:4 chip-ID: 0b05:194e
class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
Device-6: Schiit Audio Schiit Modi 3+ type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio
bus-ID: 7-1:3 chip-ID: 30be:1014 class-ID: 0102
Device-7: Microdia USB 2.0 Camera type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
bus-ID: 7-2:2 chip-ID: 0c45:6367 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.70-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.38 running: no
Network:
Device-1: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igb v: kernel
port: f000 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp6s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Cambridge Silicon Radio Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) type: USB
driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 3-5.3:7 chip-ID: 0a12:0001 class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
Device-1: luks-c847cf9f-c6b5-4624-a25e-4531e318851a maj-min: 254:2
type: LUKS dm: dm-2 size: 3.64 TiB
Components:
p-1: sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 3.64 TiB
Device-2: luks-466d5812-64c7-4a28-bcc4-a1a5adfa9450 maj-min: 254:0
type: LUKS dm: dm-0 size: 864.75 GiB
Components:
p-1: nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 size: 864.75 GiB
Device-3: luks-81b2dc57-06f5-4471-b484-77c3a516f307 maj-min: 254:1
type: LUKS dm: dm-1 size: 66.26 GiB
Components:
p-1: nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 size: 66.26 GiB
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 9.11 TiB used: 2.51 TiB (27.6%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: WDS100T3X0C-00SJG0 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: 111110WD temp: 56.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:4 vendor: Western Digital
model: WDS100T2B0C-00PXH0 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: 211070WD temp: 46.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT
ID-5: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB vendor: Toshiba model: TransMemory
size: 14.92 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A
serial: <filter> rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 864.75 GiB size: 767 GiB (88.70%) used: 761.94 GiB (99.3%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
mapped: luks-466d5812-64c7-4a28-bcc4-a1a5adfa9450 label: N/A
uuid: 6ce26050-4dcc-47b7-a937-45467d8b8d61
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%)
used: 26.1 MiB (5.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 label: N/A
uuid: 4B3B-683F
ID-3: /home raw-size: 864.75 GiB size: 767 GiB (88.70%)
used: 761.94 GiB (99.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
mapped: luks-466d5812-64c7-4a28-bcc4-a1a5adfa9450 label: N/A
uuid: 6ce26050-4dcc-47b7-a937-45467d8b8d61
ID-4: /run/media/sarah/ConvergentRefuge raw-size: 3.64 TiB
size: 3.64 TiB (100.00%) used: 1.3 TiB (35.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-2
maj-min: 254:2 mapped: luks-c847cf9f-c6b5-4624-a25e-4531e318851a
label: ConvergentRefuge uuid: 7d295e73-4143-4eb1-9d22-75a06b1d2984
ID-5: /run/media/sarah/MSS_EXtended raw-size: 731.51 GiB
size: 731.16 GiB (99.95%) used: 480.53 GiB (65.7%) fs: xfs
dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:5 label: MSS EXtended
uuid: 20339e0b-8343-433e-9209-ac67e31d9d73
ID-6: /run/user/1000/keybase/kbfs raw-size: N/A size: 250 GiB
used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: fuse dev: /dev/fuse label: N/A uuid: N/A
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 64 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/dm-1 maj-min: 254:1
mapped: luks-81b2dc57-06f5-4471-b484-77c3a516f307 label: N/A
uuid: c5112526-26fb-473c-b7ab-bb9ef049aa38
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:6 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1p3 maj-min: 259:7 size: 199.98 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
uuid: E658FD3258FD025B
ID-3: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 3.64 TiB fs: ntfs label: JerichoVariance
uuid: 1AB22D5664889CBD
ID-4: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33 size: 2.97 GiB fs: iso9660
ID-5: /dev/sdc2 maj-min: 8:34 size: 4 MiB fs: vfat label: MISO_EFI
uuid: 97EE-3EF6
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 1 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: VIA Labs Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s
power: 100mA chip-ID: 2109:3431 class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 1-1.2:3 info: VIA Labs VL813 Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip-ID: 2109:2813 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-1.3:4 info: Microsoft Xbox One Controller (Firmware 2015)
type: <vendor specific> driver: xpad interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
power: 500mA chip-ID: 045e:02dd class-ID: ff00 serial: <filter>
Device-2: 1-1.4:5 info: Microsoft XBOX ACC type: <vendor specific>
driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA
chip-ID: 045e:02fe class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
Hub-4: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Hub-5: 2-2:2 info: VIA Labs VL813 Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
chip-ID: 2109:0813 class-ID: 0900
Hub-6: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-1:2 info: JMTek LLC. Plugable USB Audio Device type: Audio,HID
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 4 rev: 1.1
speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 0c76:120b class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
Hub-7: 3-2:3 info: Terminus FE 2.1 7-port Hub ports: 7 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 1a40:0201 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-2.1:5 info: Sunplus Innovation Gaming mouse [Philips SPK9304]
type: Mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0
speed: 1.5 Mb/s power: 98mA chip-ID: 1bcf:08a0 class-ID: 0301
Device-2: 3-2.4:8
info: Toshiba TransMemory-Mini / Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 Stick
type: Mass Storage driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 0930:6544 class-ID: 0806
serial: <filter>
Device-3: 3-2.5:9 info: Microdia Backlit Gaming Keyboard
type: Keyboard,Mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s power: 400mA chip-ID: 0c45:652f class-ID: 0301
Device-4: 3-2.6:10 info: HUION H420 type: Mouse,HID driver: uclogic,usbhid
interfaces: 3 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 256c:006e
class-ID: 0300
Hub-8: 3-2.7:11 info: Terminus Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
power: 100mA chip-ID: 1a40:0101 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-2.7.4:12 info: Texas Instruments TI-Nspire Calculator
type: <vendor specific> driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
power: 500mA chip-ID: 0451:e012 class-ID: 0000
Hub-9: 3-5:4 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
power: 100mA chip-ID: 05e3:0608 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-5.3:7 info: Cambridge Silicon Radio Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)
type: Bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
power: 100mA chip-ID: 0a12:0001 class-ID: e001
Hub-10: 3-6:6 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
power: 100mA chip-ID: 05e3:0608 class-ID: 0900
Hub-11: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Hub-12: 5-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 5-1:2 info: W. H. Freeman IOLab USB Dongle
type: Abstract (modem),CDC-Data driver: cdc_acm interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s power: 50mA chip-ID: 1881:0400 class-ID: 0a00
serial: <filter>
Device-2: 5-4:3 info: ASUSTek AURA LED Controller type: HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 16mA
chip-ID: 0b05:18f3 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
Device-3: 5-5:4 info: ASUSTek ASUS AI Noise-Cancelling Mic Adapter
type: Audio,HID driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 4
rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 0b05:194e class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
Hub-13: 6-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Hub-14: 7-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 7-1:3 info: Schiit Audio Schiit Modi 3+ type: Audio
driver: snd-usb-audio interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA
chip-ID: 30be:1014 class-ID: 0102
Device-2: 7-2:2 info: Microdia USB 2.0 Camera type: Video,Audio
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
power: 500mA chip-ID: 0c45:6367 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Hub-15: 8-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 43.4 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
GPU: device: nvidia screen: :0.0 temp: 55 C fan: 0% device: radeon
temp: 51.0 C
Info:
Processes: 803 Uptime: 10m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 249 tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 alt: 10 clang: 12.0.1 Packages: 2216 pacman: 2197
lib: 491 flatpak: 3 snap: 16 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.8 running-in: yakuake
inxi: 3.3.08